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WIKS (Women's Initiative for Knowledge and Survival) opened the Nambale Magnet School in January and is now educating 30 children in one of the poorest areas of the country. In addition to the school, WIKS, founded by our friend Evalyn Wakhusama, sponsors educational programs that address poverty and AIDS awareness.
St. John Bosco Rehabilitation Centre in Kitale rescues children from life on the street, rehabilitates them, enrolls them in school and reintegrates them with their families.
Ripples International runs a number of programs in Meru. These include HIV/AIDS intervention activities with full VCT (voluntary counseling and testing); care and support for orphans and vulnerable children; child sponsorship programs; and centres for abandoned babies and abused girls.
Tumaini Children's Home (Children's Ministry in Nyeri) provides loving care for orphans and provides meals and school fees for other children in the community. We spent time there in 2005 through 2008 and Marilyn coordinates a prayer partner project for the home.
Nyumbani operates several programs. HIV+ children are given the best nutritional, medical, psychological, academic and spiritual care available and live at the Children's Home in Karen until they become self-reliant. Lea Toto provides at home support for HIV+ children in the Kangemi slum of Nairobi. The Village in Kitui provides a family-like setting for orphaned children under the stewardship of "grandparents".